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Posts Tagged vineyard maintenance

Vineyard Crew Works This Week on Post-Harvest Maintenance

On September 29, 2021   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

We always manage to break trellis posts during harvest and this week, we’ll try to get them all replaced.  This is just hard work. We have to dig the base of the old post out and we slip a new post down in its place. Then we

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Tassel Ridge Vines Have Heavy Fruit Loads

On July 22, 2021   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

The first question everyone asks at this time of year is this: How is the grape crop looking? Vines in all of our four vineyards have heavy fruit loads. In fact, I don’t remember a harvest that was looking this good by July 15. Keep in mind

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Most Vineyard Work has Shifted to Maintenance

On January 6, 2020   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter  

Weather permitting, we are installing pencil rods (steel rods about ¼ inch in diameter) in several rows of Marquette that we’ve cut off at the ground. We will train the suckers that come up when the ground warms up in the spring up along the pencil rods

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We Start Bottling Oskyfizzante® Cranberry This Week

On July 30, 2019   /   Action in the Cellar, Cellar Updates, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  
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We are bottling our first batch of the very popular Oskyfizzante® Cranberry this week. We have also just finished cold stabilizing a batch of American Steuben and will rack that wine off cream of tartar. We will get it bottled in the next week or so. Preventative

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Vineyard Maintenance Projects Help Prepare for Harvest

On July 30, 2019   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  
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Although the start of harvest is 2–4 weeks in the future, we are already thinking about steps we must take to be ready. We are doing preventative maintenance on machinery and equipment right now. We planted about 1,500 new vines this year and now is the time

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Routine Vineyard Tasks Occupy Our Time Right Now

On July 16, 2019   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  
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This is the time of year that we engage in purely routine regular tasks like mowing, removing suckers, spraying fungicide, and tying vines to the trellis. When we tie new vines, we are also tying them to the pencil rod so their trunks grow straight up. This

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List of Vineyard Tasks This Week is Long

On July 8, 2019   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  
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Our vineyard team will be tying up new Brianna and St. Pepin vines at Maple Woods and the high wires at Newport Lane and Meadowcreek. They will be tying up several varieties at Tassel Ridge. Removal of suckers is essential to keep vines focused on producing grapes

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Work in Vineyard Shifts to Regular Mid-Season Tasks

On July 1, 2019   /   From Our Vineyard, Newsletter, Newsletter Articles  

We will be mowing and spraying as needed and we will install pencil rods and grow tubes on our new vines that are already planted as soon as the pencil rods arrive. We are getting our La Crescent blocks cleaned up. We had quite a bit of

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Tassel Ridge Winery

Address:
1681 220th Street
Leighton, IA 50143

Phone:
641.672.WINE (9463)

*Winery Hours:

Monday–Friday: 9:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Saturday: 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Sunday: 12:00–6:00 p.m.

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Winery Hours: Monday–Friday: 9:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.; Saturday: 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.; Sunday: 12:00–6:00 p.m.
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